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Part Two - The Really Technical Stuff

Warning: You may not find this stuff really interesting, unless you're already interested. It's technical stuff.

The information on this page was taken from an article published in the November 2002 edition of GuitarOne Magazine, written by Michael Ross.

"The transplanted Brit's signal path begins with either one of two black Peter Frampton signature-model Gibson Les Pauls, a Les Paul 1960's reissue with a TransPerformance system for different tunings, or a Suhr guitar. For acoustic work, he wields a Tacoma Jumbo JK50 or a Taylor spruce jumbo."

"The electrics are sent to a Framptone amp switcher, which splits the signal off to four different paths. One route goes to a MESA/Boogie amp switcher that selects between a MESA/Boogie Mark IV rackmounted head powering a Hammond 147 Leslie (modified), or a MESA/Boogie Rectifier preamp. The preamp sends its signal to a pair of Digital Music dual stereo line mixers, which blend in the effects: a TC Electronic 2290 delay, TC Electronic 1210 chorus, Eventide Eclipse, dbx 1066 compressor, Ernie Ball volume pedal, Mu-Tron octaver, Foxx Tone distortion, Ampeg overdrive, and Korg DL8000 delay.

The effected signal is sent to a stereo MESA/Boogie 2:100 power amp and then to a pair of Marshall 1960 BV4xJ2 cabinets with vintage 30W Celestion speakers. A second signal route goes from the switcher to a Marshall 5OW Plexi head, which drives the famous Framptone talkbox.

A third route goes to a vintage Marshall 100W "Jose" Plexi, which is sent uneffected to another Marshall 1960 BV 4x12 cabinet. And a fourth path takes the signal to an Ampeg ET-1 Echo-Twin. Path decisions are enacted by a Custom Audio Electronics RS-10 floor pedal used in conjunction with two of tech Mark Snyder's Custom Interface units."

Here's how it all comes together - in this diagram showing the entire set up. Click on the image for a larger version.

Interested readers may view an older description of Peter's system, as described by Peter himself.